2013 Honda Classic Discussion Thread

[phan52]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

I'm probably only sympathetic to his plight because I feel the same way sometimes.  Granted, I'm not one of the world's best golfers...or even one of the world's 100,000 best golfers, but still...sometimes when I'm on my way to a 95-100+ round, I just would rather pick up and walk off.  So I feel the mental anguish.  But as was discussed somewhat relevantly in the Phil thread last year, these guys are pros and people pay to watch them and they are paid to play, so there is a debatable obligation for them to finish rounds.

I've wanted to walk off sometimes, but I never have, and I'm not getting paid millions of dollars to play a game. I don't think the obligation is debatable. Suck it up, Rory.

[n8dogg2669]

What a baby.... Number one in the world and he walks off because he is playing bad. Nice example he is setting right there. Makes me feel bad for the monday qualifiers and non exempt guys who couldnt play becuase Rory was in the field and he had a temper tantrum and walks off... I used to like Rory..

[machiavelli]

Rory, with his new $100M Nike endorsement deal, is getting a real taste of what Tiger has had to deal with all these years.  Golf is hard enough to play on it's own, knowing everyone in the world is watching and critiquing  every swing is a completely different level. Walking off the course after 9 might have seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but I have a feeling he'll regret it.

He should regret it. Bad form.

[jamo]

Did Wozniacki break up with him? They were saying on ESPN that he wasn't confident with his swing, which I suppose you could say about any pro golfer that can't break 40. [quote name="shooter" url="/t/65104/2013-honda-classic-discussion-thread/60#post_815187"]GC just stated " Wisdom tooth pain" was the reason for the withdrawal!!  LOL  What a gonk show! [/quote] I had my wisdom teeth out in January and spent a week zonked out on pain meds, yet I still think I could have gotten around in less than 42. :-p

[Ernest Jones]

The look on Ernie's face is priceless! LOL.

[tuffluck]

Originally Posted by newtogolf

Rory, with his new $100M Nike endorsement deal, is getting a real taste of what Tiger has had to deal with all these years.  Golf is hard enough to play on it's own, knowing everyone in the world is watching and critiquing  every swing is a completely different level.

Walking off the course after 9 might have seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but I have a feeling he'll regret it.

he wasn't on TV this morning with his early tee time, so only people at the tournament were watching.

Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

The look on Ernie's face is priceless! LOL.

looks like a normal look to me ?

[jamo]

FWIW, Villegas is +7 today. Also, a separate thread has been created for Rory talk.

[shooter]

Originally Posted by jamo

Did Wozniacki break up with him? They were saying on ESPN that he wasn't confident with his swing, which I suppose you could say about any pro golfer that can't break 40.

I had my wisdom teeth out in January and spent a week zonked out on pain meds, yet I still think I could have gotten around in less than 42. :-p

Nice, I had two wisdom teeth pulled last May, so i know it hurts if there starting to get impacted, but i feel like wisdom tooth pain could have been the easiest excuse to pull off for the rory camp, and if his tooth did hurt. He would of been shoving the typical sign of tooth pain...oh well.

[Na5carr3]

Like I said, The media tried to make a big story out of Rory and Tiger....and now Rory has withdrew from the Honda Classic.

Man, let these guys play and stop trying to force stories before they even swing the first stick!!

[TourSpoon]

[IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/02/4eruse8y.jpg[/IMG] At the Bear Trap!

[TourSpoon]

Rory is taking a beating here. The guys walking inside the ropes with him were not buying the tooth pain excuse. I was joking that he went home and is grinding the Titleist logos off his old clubs and painting swooshes on them.

[colin007]

Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

since when does José María Olazábal caddie for Ernie?

[jamo]

Meanwhile, Tiger teed off 20 minutes ago and Golf Channel doesn't pick up the coverage for two more hours. :-(

[Ernest Jones]

Originally Posted by jamo

Meanwhile, Tiger teed off 20 minutes ago and Golf Channel doesn't pick up the coverage for two more hours.

What about NBC? I thought they picked up the stuff the GC didn't have? I'm at work or I'd check myself...

[jamo]

What about NBC? I thought they picked up the stuff the GC didn't have? I'm at work or I'd check myself...

It's a weekday. Generally, Golf Channel does all of the coverage on weekdays, then on weekends GC starts the coverage and they throw it to NBC later in the day. Live@ on PGATour.com does have coverage of the 3rd and 9th holes, so I'll subsist on that for now. I'm watching Sean O'Hair right now wearing green-screen green shirt and pants. If he did the weather you'd just see his head and shoes.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by k-troop

So with Rory on the skids, how long before Tiger reclaims #1 OWGR?

Originally Posted by colin007

Tiger will always be #1............in my heart...

Originally Posted by cipher

Not long... Not the clubs, but geez there seems to be a Nike curse or something.

Yeah, but has anyone done the numbers?  I'm curious how close Tiger might get with a win (or at least a top-5) this week.

Edit:  Looks like Rors still has a commanding lead, but some of his points will drop off this week when his 2012 Honda win gets devalued.

1.	McIlroy	11.66
2.	Woods	8.83
3.	Donald	7.25
4.	Snedeker	6.74
5.	Oosthuizen	6.35

[jamo]

On the par-five third hole, DJ just bladed a bunker shot and fluffed a pitch on consecutive shots.

[tuffluck]

Originally Posted by jamo

On the par-five third hole, DJ just bladed a bunker shot and fluffed a pitch on consecutive shots.

sounds like me.

TGC sucks during the week with live coverage.  i mean last night whenever they were finishing up at 6pm EST the only people left on the course were a bunch of no namers. much rather watch TW at 1pm EST start his round than Horatio Porschnaple finish his round at 6pm.